Wheel-mount for vehicles.



w. BART. WHEEL MOUNT FOR VEHICLES.

,APPLIOATIOH FILED MAY 5, ,1911.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

' Inventor,

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WILLIAM HART, "or mmmwa'mw YORK.

. WHEEL-MOUNT FOR- VEHiCLES,

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM HART, a citizen of. the United" States of America, and a resident of the village of Tarrytown, county of /Vestchester, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheel Mounts for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is applicable to wheels for vehicles of all types, whether self propelled or drawn by extraneous power, and whether traveling on fixed track or on roads or high-.

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The object of my invention is to aiford a resilientsupport for a vehicle of such a type and so placed that the jar and jolting occasioned by the wheels encountering and traveling over obstacles are not transmitted to the axles of the vehicle, whereby the necessity of pneumatic tires is minimized or entirely done away with. I

The invention consists broadly in introducing resilient supporting means betwee the axles and the wheels.

It further consists in placing said means directly'in line with the blow of the obstacle; and in providing for a slight sidewise movement of the wheels on the axles to permit them to slide down the side ofan obstacleor throw it from the path instead or traveling over it. 1

The invention consists further in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. i I

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle wheel showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line IIII of Fig.3 and Fig. 3 is a section in line III-III of Fig. 2.

The vehicle wheel 1, which is shown with a solid tire has a hub with a large bore to permit a large axle-ske-in '2, to be journaled therein. Ball races and balls 3 3 are interposed between the wheel and the axleskein to reduce the friction to a minimum. The axle-skein is slotted, the slot lying along the diameter thereof. The axleskein slidably supports an axle 1 which is formed at the end of a tongue 5 of the same width but of less depth than the slot to permit the desired sliding movement. The tongue may be cut out in the center or when running'onto an obstacle. portions at either end of the axle and the 'mlddleportion of the axle are hinged to- .wheel naturally recoils.

, Specification of Letters lPatent. Pate t 39 1;, 9,1913 Application filed May 5, 1911. Serial No. 625,209. i 7

forked for lightness as shown and is prefer-' ably set at an angle to the vertical and about in line with the upward and rearward movement along which the wheel naturally recoils The tongue gether by a vertical pin 6 to-form the usual steering knuckle when the device is used on V the forward axle of 'an' automobile. The axle-skein has two parallel holes at right angles to the axis at either end of the slot 7 which are closed at their outer ends by plugs 7 7 to form spring pockets. The lowerpock ets contain springs 8 8 which serve as resilient means for the support of the tongue of the axle in the axle-skein. The upper pocketscontain smaller springs 9 9 which I serve as a recoil cushion. The tongue of the axle is of the same length as the width ofthe axle-skein at the slot, and is formed with a plate 10 which serves as a shoulder to the tongue and covers the portions of the slot' which are not occupied by the tongue on the vehicle side of the Wheel. Studs 11 11 are formed on the end of the tongue and pass through a plate 12 which covers the slot on the outward side of the wheel. carry springs 14 14. which are'held on by nuts 18 13 and press against the plate to The studs afford resilient means for maintaining the axle in the slot.

In operation when the wheel strikes an obstacle squarely the supporting springs 8 8 are compressed and take up the jolt or jar, andrthe springs 9 9 cushion the recoil. The angle of the slot in the axle-skein depends on the size of the obstacle which the wheels are likely to encounter, and should be such that the slot is about in line with the upward. and rearward movement along whichv the,

The vwhole force of the blow is thus met by the spring. The

distance sidewise on the axle and thus to slide down the side of an obstacle'which is not struck squarely or to throw it from the path, as will readily be understood.

While I have described my invention in detail and as applied to the forward axle,

it, is to be understood that I do not intend thereby to confine it to such details or use,

as many modifications will occur to those skilled in the art and its use on rear axles is obvious.

sliclably mounted in the slot supported by the spring, a spring-pressed plate attached to the axle maintaining the axle in the 15 slot, and acoil spring between the top of the axleand the axle-skein, substantially as described.

Signed at Tarrytown N. Y. this 2nd day V ofMay, 1911.

WILLIAM HART.

hat I claim asneW and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination of a vehicle Wheel, an aXle-skein journalecl therein, an axle slidably supported by the axleskein, resilient means for said support, and resilient means for maintaining the axle in the aXle-skein, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a vehicle Wheel; an aXle-skein journaled therein and provided with a slot at an angle to the Vertical, a coil spring maintained in the slot, an axle Witnesses LILLIE HART, FRANK V. MILLARD.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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